Ask! Answers Grounded in Sermons

A new era from searching to asking.

Up until recently, people searched for answers—typing keywords, scanning a page of blue links, then sorting through disparate sites to find their answers. But that behavior is changing. In this new era of AI, people are increasingly simply asking questions in everyday language and expecting clear, authoritative answers.

You may know this as ChatGPT, or Gemini, or Grok. But SermonAudio has launched an entirely new AI interface called simply, Ask!

Not all AI is created equal. Although it can sound authoritative, AI can make mistakes as we all know. It is vital therefore that any AI system be trained and augmented with a source of truth that can be trusted. Doctrinal grounding must be rooted in trustworthy teaching—especially when answering questions dealing with life's most important questions.

Grounded in sound preaching.

In the providence of God, SermonAudio is uniquely positioned as the largest repository of millions of sermons and videos from conservative churches worldwide. This enables us to play a strategic role in providing a trusted voice, drawing from thousands of faithful expositors across denominations, generations, and geographic regions—all in accordance with our Articles of Faith.

Introducing Ask! by SermonAudio.

Ask! allows users to ask questions in natural language and receive answers grounded in the sermons available on SermonAudio. Every response includes complete citations to the source sermons, along with the ability to listen directly to the exact sermon excerpts from which the answer was derived.

Broadcasters, this is an opt-in feature.

Broadcasters, to have your sermons included in Ask! searches and eligible to contribute to answers generated by the system, this optional feature must be enabled for your account in the Broadcaster Dashboard. Once activated, older and lesser-heard sermons gain fresh opportunities to be discovered and cited in user queries.

The nominal fee helps keep Ask! freely available for users and supports a principle we've long embraced: every faithful sermon is essential.

Powerful under the hood.

We've worked hard at making our Ask! system powerful enough to handle a wide variety of questions. Here are a sample:

Topical → What does the Bible teach about prayer?
Scripture → What are the lessons of Psalm 23?
Compare → Compare Spurgeon and Cairns on prayer?
Biographical → Who was Abijah?
Locate → Find the sermon with "give me Scotland or I die"?

Questions can be ambiguous. Words are often misspelled. Speaker names may be biblical, historical, or contemporary. Yet all of it needs to be handled accurately. For complete transparency, we've exposed the process through the "How I Found This" section, allowing you to see exactly how the answer was discovered and the steps taken along the way.

Sharing answers made beautiful.

Ever been asked a Bible question and weren't quite sure how to answer it? It happens to all of us. With Ask!, you can quickly find a well-grounded answer and easily share it with others. Just click the Share option at the bottom of any answer to send the complete response, including all supporting citations.

Interact with sermons in any language.

The real power of the Ask! interface lies in the fact that users can ask theological questions in any language and receive coherent answers in the same language—all grounded in the vast library of Ask-enabled sermons.

When paired with Global Sermons, this feature becomes even stronger. Users will not only be able to read answers in their own language but also hear the translated sermon citations in their native tongue. It's the entire package.

Vault AI security & privacy.

Ask! is powered by Vault AI, our in-house AI platform that ensures independence and privacy for the millions of sermon content found on SermonAudio.

Because Ask! operates directly within the Vault ecosystem, this tight integration allows your content to stay automatically synchronized. New sermons are indexed as they are published. Updated sermons are refreshed automatically. Deleted sermons are removed. New articles become instantly searchable.

Ask! in three varieties.

There are three ways to access the Ask! interface, each with their own strengths and benefits. They are listed below:

Site-Wide: ask.sermonaudio.com

This allows answers to be generated from all Ask!-enabled broadcaster accounts, providing the broadest possible range of sermon-based responses. When you enable Ask!, your sermons are automatically included in the site-wide Ask! experience.
Single Broadcaster: asksermons.com

Broadcasters with Ask! enabled enjoy the Ask! interface exclusively for their own sermon library, while also being included in the site-wide Ask! search. When accessed through asksermons.com, answers are grounded solely in your church's preaching.
Ask the Puritans: askpuritans.com

A specialized version of the Ask! interface that generates answers grounded exclusively in the preaching and writings of Puritans and Reformers.

Conclusion.

As people increasingly seek answers to life’s questions, there is a wonderful opportunity to use these new natural language tools for the greatest good. We trust that SermonAudio’s Ask! interface will prove effective in providing biblical clarity in a confusing world.

Give it a try today and share it with others!
https://ask.sermonaudio.com

Activate Ask! for your broadcaster account:
https://www.sermonaudio.com/dashboard/ask